Collar attachment



June 21, 1960 A. J. LESS 2,941,211

COLLAR ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 26, 1958 INVENTOR. 141.5521' J. Leas A rToe/vs Y pearance of the wearer.

COLLAR ATTACHMENT Albert J. Less, 2012 F Ave. NE., Cedar Rapids, IowaFiled Aug. 2'6, 1958, Ser. No. 757,300

4 Claims. (Cl. 2-132) Thisinvention relates in general to collarstifiness and in particular to a device which provides support to acollar so it maintains the proper shape.

Collar tips on shirts and other articles of wearing apparel have atendency to stick up which detracts from the appearance of the wearer.

It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a simpleattachment which holds a collar tip down.

A further object of the invention is to provide a collar tip stay whichfirmly attaches to the tip but which does not extend through thematerial of the collar.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a collar stay whichproduces a variable holding force on a collar tip as the angle ofattachment is varied.

A feature of this invention is found in the provision for a length ofspring formed with an attaching means on one end thereof for holding acollar tip in place.

Further features, advantages, and objects will become apparent whenconsidered in view of the following description and claims in which:

Figure 1 illustrates the collar stay of this invention mounted on acollar;

Figure 2 is an enlarged bottom detailed View of the attaching end of thecollar stay;

Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of the collar stay, and;

Figure 4 is a modification of the invention.

Figure 1 shows a shirt or other collar which has a tab 11 on which isattached a button 12.

The lower edge 13 of the collar terminates in atop 14.

As is well known oftentimes the collar tip will flop around and bendupwardly which detracts from the ap- In order to prevent this, a collarstay 16 of this invention is inserted between the upper edge 15 andbeneath the fold of the collar and extends to the tip 14 where anattaching means 17 firmly attach to the collar.

The main body portion of the stay is formed of coiled music wire whichmay be high carbon steel. The coil is prestressed so that it willsupport itself and tend to resist being bent.

The stay 16 may be about four inches for a man's shirt. Two stays arerequired to hold the two collar tips down.

The novelty of the present invention lies in the attaching means 17 andthe use of a prestressed coil which resists being moved out of astraight line. It has been found desirable to attach the stay to thecollar tip so that it extends upwardly from the tip and preferably at anangle between the edge of the collar and a line AB which bisects theangle of the tip. The amount of tension on the tip may .be adjusted byattaching the holding means 17 so that it varies the angle of the stayrelative to the line AB. As the stay is moved away from line StatesPatent ice AB the tension becomes greater and as it is moved toward lineAB the tension is decreased.

Thus, it is necessary to have an attaching means 17 which not onlyfirmly attaches to the collar but is capable of resisting rotationrelative to the collar.

Figures 2 and 3 illustrate the attaching means 17 in detail. A tubularportion 18 fits over and is attached to end of the coil spring.Extending from the tubular portion '18 is a curved portion 20. A pair ofcurved pins 21 and 22 are attached to the inside of the tubular portion18 and extend along the curved portion 20.

The side 19 of the curved portion 20 along which the pins 21 and 22extend is concave to allow the cloth of the collar to be clamped betweenthe pins and portion 20.

The pins 21 and 22 are curved as shown in Figure 3 so that they pointtoward the curved portion 19.

In use the shirt is put on. One of the collar tips is lifted and thepins 21 and 22 are inserted in the underside of the tip. Then the tip isreleased and the free end of the stay is pushed into the crease of thecollar. Since this requires the stay to bend as shown in Figure 1 atorque is inserted on the tip to hold itdown. A second stay is insertedunder the other collar tip to hold it down.

The spring, tubular portion and pins 21 and 22 are joined by solderingthem or by other suitable means.

Figure 4 illustrates a modification wherein the attaching means 17 hasonly one pin 23. A sharp end pin 24 is mounted in the opposite end ofthe member 16. The structure shown in Figure 4 gives a firm grip to theend opposite the attaching means 17.

It is seen that this invention provides a novel means of holding acollar tip firmly in place. Although it has been described with respectto a preferred embodiment, it is not to be so limited as changes andmodifications are within the full intended scope as defined by theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A collar stay comprising a coiled spring, an attaching means attachedtoone end thereof and comprising a tubular portion attached to thespring, a curved portion extending from the tubular portion, a pair ofpins attached to the tubular portion adjacent the spring and extendingalong the curved portion, said pins curved toward the curved portion andthe side of the curved portion along which the pins extend formed to beconcave.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the points of said pinsterminate adjacent the end of the curved portion.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the free ends of said pinspoint away from each other.

4. A collar stay comprising a coiled spring of prestressed construction,an end pin mounted in one end thereof, an attaching means attached tothe other end of the spring and comprising a tubular portion to whichthe spring attaches, a curved portion which extends from the tubularportion, and a pin attached to the tubular portion and extending alongthe tubular portion.

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